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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, f.3
Kansas Opens Big Six Season
Burge Faces Wildcats In First of Two Games
Hardly knowing whether to wear baseball spikes or snow shoes because of the weather man's unwillingness to cooperate, the Kansas Jayhawkers and the Kansas State Wildcats clashed on the varsity diamond at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the first of a two-day series.
If experience counts for anything the Kansas State nine should finish high in the Big Six race this
John Burge was on the mound for the Kansans with Jim Brock scheduled to start for the Wildcats.
Wildcat Coach
Frank Myers
year, because Coach Frank Myers' lineup for this afternoon's game was composed entirely of lettermen.
Two of the Wildcat outfielders need no introduction to Kansas fans. In left field was Erv Reid, one of the outstanding outfielders in the conference, and in right field was Chris Langyart, a regular in the Kansas State backfield last fall. Forak Returns
Except for pitcher John Burge the Kansas lineup was the same as the one which practically annihilated Rockhurst Wednesday afternoon. Henry Horak, hard-biting outfielder who has returned from a trip to Texas with University astronomers, will probably see service in left field some time during the game.
With Horak's return, Mike Geto has three possible choices for the starting pitcher in the second game of the series tomorrow afternoon. The outfielder, who is also a southpaw pitcher, took a long workout under the stadium last night, and his showing impressed the Kansas coach to such an extent that he is debating whether to give Horak, Red Dugan, or possibly Knute Kresie, an opportunity to tame the Wildcats.
Cold Weather Hinders Practice
Because the cold weather prevented his men from practicing outside yesterday afternoon, Coach Getto held a short drill under the stadium and spent the rest of the time checking out suits to candidates for the freshman team. The following men have already reported for practice: Bait Atwell, Earl Bozemen, Ralph Caldenn, Willis Diggs, Delmar Green, Jack Smith, Jack Writs, Bud Yazel. Phil
Century Dash To Feature Three Stars
Sprint champions from three sections will fight it out in a 100-yard dash race that should be a thriller at the Eighteenth Annual Kansas Relays, Saturday. April 20.
Holding the public's eye right now as a result of his victory at the Texas Rebels last week is little Welby Williams of North Texas State. However, the Eagle speedster rates as nothing better than an even choice with "Red" Littler of Nebraska and Myron Piker of Northwestern.
The race at the Kansas Relays will be the first meeting of the three dash stools. Williams and Littler are sophomores and Piker is a junior.
Piker has a brilliant record behind him, one which has given him considerable backing. The Northwestern ace has completed in three Big Ten meets during his varsity career and has been a winner each time.
Twice he has won the 60-yard dash at the Big Ten indoor meet, running the distance in the fast time of 6.2 seconds. Last spring at the conference outdoor meet, Piker won the 100-yard dash. He has raced the 100 in 9.5 seconds.
Littler is the pick of track fans in this section to capture the Relays spring championship. The red-heired flier was a sensation in the Big Six indoor meet.
He won the 60-yard dash in that meet, raced to victory in the 440-yard dash in fast time, and anchored the Nebraska mile relay team. Litter ran a year at Compton, Calif., Junior College before enrolling at the Cornhusker school.
Six members of the football team who will move over to the baseball diamond from the gridiron as soon as spring practice is completed are: Irven Hayden, Bill Blanding, Steve Mesde, Tony James, Grant Hunter, and Don Hill.
Win or lose, Littler probably will be the most colorful figure in the race. The Husker star has a flair to his running that will make him a favorite with the crowd. He has run the 100 in 9.7 seconds.
The diminutive Williams, on the basis of his showing at the Texas Relays, should make it a photo-finish with the other two stars. Only five feet, seven inches tall, Williams has a best mark of 9.6 seconds.
Banta, Jack Conner, Jack Stapleton, Bill Hodge, Larry Johnston, Bill Esmail, John Stotts, and Al Shell.
Accused Coach
Dick Templeton
John Jacobs, track coach at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, has issued a complaint against Dick Templeton, above. Stanford University track coach, charging him with trying to induce an Oklahoma track star to enter Stanford. The athlete named was Orville Mathews, spinner.
SPORTSCOPE By Larry Winn
THAT PRETTY Kansas basketball team will have another decoration in a few days to come . . . Emblems for their new windbreaker jackets have already been designed by Ed Elbel, and the cage men will place these emblems on the left shoulder, just above the heart . . .
On the emblems will be N.C.A.A. Western Champions, 1940, and the whole thing will be in the shape of a basketball.
RELAYS RAMBLINGS . . . This corner is certainly looking forward to seeing some of the stars that will be here on April 20 . . . Wonder if "Beefus" Bryan will be in shape to crack his Kansas Relays record again . . . He has done it for the past two years . . . We are sure going to miss Freddie Wolcott, Rice hurdling star, who always puts on a good show . . . But don't sell Boyce Gatewood short by any means because this Texas hurdle star will be in there clipping down the timber pretty fast . . . Don Boydston, Oklahoma A. and M. high jumping sensation will put on a show if his leg injury recovers in time . . . Boydston won the Texas Relies despite the leg injury, but earlier in the season, he leaped over 6 feet 8 inches, which is a beautiful jump in any man's meet . . . Hope Myron Piker, Northwestern sprint ace, can clip off about a 9.5 or 9.6 100-yard dash.
HERE FOR RELAYS
Gene Littler
Archi San Romani
Rideout twins
Paul Cope
Doctors Love to Examine Cunningham For Defects
By Carlyle Dawes, c'42
By Carlyle
Glenn Cunningham, one world's champion who would not get sore when there was not a trainer around when he needed one, last evening sat on a dressing table and rubbed down his own fire-charred legs as he chatted to the K.U. track team about himself or anything else they wanted to hear about, at the University stadium.
"Every place I ga," Cunningham said, "doctors want to give me a physical examination and go over me to see if they can't find a reason I shouldn't run anymore. If it isn't an enlarged heart, it's bad lungs, or something else. An athlete's heart doesn't beat like an ordinary person's, but due to the exertion of running, it will speed up considerably for a while, and then beat even less than normal at rest periods."
"If I had paid any attention to all the whims of physicians," he continued, "I would probably be dead by now. Sometimes I began to wonder if I was going to get out of their offices alive." He did make allowances for some doctors.
While talking informally, his listeners were impressed so completely, only a few would bob up with a question. And Glenn didn't mind talking.
Living a 19-hour Day
He said he had been living a 19-hour day for quite some time and still running his races. He is employed by the Extension Division of Kansas University as a traveling lecturer. Driving from one city to another, lecturing on athletics or education subjects, he says, is wearing him down.
“Trying to lecture and work out only once or twice a week for races is too much,” he claims.
Asked when he would take a rest from such intensive work, he said he "would get a teaching position as soon as the school year is over."
Prior to his visit here yesterday.
he had said he would run no m indoor races. Te affirmed this swer again.
Invite 23 Schools To W.A.A. Play Day Here April 27
Following his own advice, Cunningham stepped into a wash shower for about fifteen minutes still talking with the track men气救 about him. As a typical athlete does, he weighed himself after shower.
"Probably I'll run a good more races, but I expect to someday. I will always remain a tive, however, and run to keep n self in at least fairly good condition."
Speaking curtly, but we were "Elkhart speeder" began a discussion of newspapers and newspaper men of his own accord. Even those being very lenient with report about quoting him, several New Yorkers would put in as much as columns of quotes, about him a sometimes he had never seen the porter. Until his wife had been caught by the news hounds on a word talk, resulting in a column and a half of quotation by her, Gloria said she would often chide him telling the newspapers some of things they claimed he had
Dropping his opinion about bat for athletes, he said, "Everybody so that hot bats for more than a few minutes are hard on athletes. May so, but I love them. The morris before I was to run the Milrose vitation Mile a year ago, I was wow out. I had been on the road a and I was plenty tired. I got it in a good hot bath and just relax. When I got out, I felt refreshed ready for the race." He always ta cold shower after a hot one. Watches His Words
When taking a stroll in the park these spring days, please don't step on the grass. When taking an airing in your automobile, please don't step on the gas.
"Now she is cured," he said.
The annual W.A.A. Play Day for high school girls will be held Saturday, April 27, on the University fields and in Robinson gymnasium. Committees have been appointed to plan a day of activities for girls invited from 23 Kansas high schools.
All W.A.A. members are invited to attend the Play Day.
The dressing room quieted do as the athlete-superb parted company with his friends. With his ing, went an atmosphere of po and personality, but all who had tened still felt his presence wit themselves.
Chairman of the committees is Evelyn Kinney, who will be assisted by Betsy Dodge and Gladys Bitter. Lois Wisler will have charge of the program committee; Victory Hawkey and Jerry Burton, the folk dance committee; Martha Jane Andrews and Louise Graves, the challenge hour committee; luncheon committee, Virginia Anderson, and Virginia Bell is in charge of the relay committee.
Doctor Allen Speaks At Kansas City Tonight
Dr. F. C. Allen will speak ton at a dinner to be given for Wyandotte basketball team by Junior Chamber of Commerce Kansas City, Kansas.
Wyandotte lost in the finals of recent state basketball tournament in an overtime period. With the secession of the first game of the son, which they lost to Winfielder, won 30 straight games.
Dr. F. C. Allen will give co-mencement addresses to the folloi ing schools:
May 16—Seneca high school.
May 21—Oswego high school.
May 22—Marysville high school.
Monday, May 15, Dr. Allen speak to the Topeka high school sembly at 10.15 a.m.
DON'T FORGET THE RELA.
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